Africa's first peacekeeping operation : the OAU in Chad, 1981-1982 / / Terry M. Mays

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821594103321
• Autore: Mays Terry M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• ISBN: 979-84-00-60746-2; 1-280-42289-0; 9786610422890; 0-313-01241-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages) : portraits
• Disciplina: 967.4304/2
• Soggetti: Peacekeeping forces, African - Chad; Peacekeeping forces - Chad
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-186) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- AFRICA'S FIRST PEACEKEEPING OPERATION -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Peacekeeping as a Foreign Policy Tool -- OVERVIEW -- WHAT IS PEACEKEEPING? -- FACTORS OF SUCCESS -- Consent and Acceptance by the Belligerents -- Neutrality -- Concurrent Peace Negotiations -- Clear Mandate -- OUTLINE OF THE BOOK -- NOTES -- Chapter 2 Background to the Chadian Crisis -- FACTORS BEHIND THE CHADIAN CIVIL WAR -- Factionalism and French Colonialism -- Libya -- INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO THE CHADIAN CIVIL WAR AND LIBYAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE CONFLICT -- Nigeria -- Francophone African States -- France -- United States -- Great Britain -- CHADIAN CIVIL WAR: 1966-1979 -- NOTES -- Chapter 3 The First Peacekeeping Operations in Chad -- THE KANO CONFERENCES AND THE 1979 NIGERIAN UNILATERAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATION -- Kano I (March 11-16, 1979) -- Kano II (April 3-11, 1979) -- LAGOS I (MAY 26-27, 1979) AND THE ORIGINS OF A PAN-AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE FOR CHAD -- 1979 NIGERIAN UNILATERAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATION: LESSONS LEARNED -- Consent and Acceptance by the Belligerents -- Neutrality ; -- Peacekeepers -- Chadian Factions -- France -- Francophone States -- Bordering States -- Concurrent Peace Negotiations -- Clear Mandate -- THE OAU AND THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE NIGERIAN-LED PEACE PROCESS -- OAU Defense Commission (April 21-27, 1979) -- OAU Annual Summit (July 17-21, 1979) -- MANDATING THE FIRST OAU PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN CHAD -- Lagos II (August 14-21, 1979) -- OAU Council of Ministers (February 6-15, 1980) and a Special OAU Conference on Peacekeeping (March 24-26, 1980) -- 1980 OAU PEACEKEEPING OPERATION: LESSONS LEARNED (OR RELEARNED) -- Consent and Acceptance of Belligerents -- Neutrality -- Peacekeepers -- Chadian Factions -- France -- Concurrent Peace Negotiations -- Clear Mandate.; THE 1980 OAU PEACEKEEPING OPERATION: LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS -- NOTES -- Chapter 4 Planning a New OAU Peacekeeping Operation for Chad -- OAU ECONOMIC SUMMIT (APRIL 28-30 1980): NIGERIA REINTRODUCES THE CONCEPT OF PEACEKEEPING IN CHAD -- THE OAU AND THE ENDORSEMENT OF A SECOND MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN CHAD -- OAU Council of Ministers (June 23-29, 1980) -- OAU Annual Summit (July 1-4, 1980) -- THE OAU AD HOC COMMITTEE ON CHAD -- First Conference (November 27-28, 1980) -- Second Conference (December 23-24, 1980) -- Third Conference (January 13-14, 1981) -- THE OAU PLANS A NEW MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATION -- Nigeria-Libya Bilateral Discussion (February 14, 1981) -- OAU Council of Ministers (February 23-March 2, 1981) -- OAU Mini-Summit on Chad (May 21-22, 1981) -- OAU Annual Summit (June 24-28, 1981) -- FRENCH INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF OAU PEACEKEEPING -- France-Chad Bilateral Talks (September 16-18, 1981) -- North-South Economic Summit (October 20-22, 1981) -- Franco-African Annual Summit (November 2-4, 1981) -- NOTES -- Chapter 5 The 1981-1982 OAU Peacekeeping Force in Chad: A Political View -- MANDATING AND FIELDING THE OAU PEACEKEEPING OPERATION -- OAU Foreign Minister's Conference (November 13, 1981) and the Paris Accord (November 14, 1981) -- The Arrival of the OAU Peacekeeping Force and OAU Ad Hoc Committee on Chad Conference (November 27-28, 1981) -- MAINTAINING THE OAU PEACEKEEPING OPERATION -- OAU Contingent Providers Meeting (January 6, 1982) -- OAU Ad Hoc Committee on Chad (February 10-11, 1982) -- OAU Council of Ministers (February 21-22, 1982) -- OAU Mini-Summit on Chad (May 21-22, 1982) -- NOTES -- Chapter 6 The 1981-1982 OAU Peacekeeping Force in Chad: Contingents and Political Organization -- SECURING CONTINGENTS -- Algeria -- Benin -- Cameroon -- Congo -- Egypt -- Ethiopia -- Gabon -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau.; Ivory Coast -- Kenya -- Libya -- Madagascar -- Mali -- Nigeria -- Senegal -- Sudan -- Togo -- Upper Volta -- Zaire -- Zambia -- POLITICAL ORGANIZATION -- Chad Committee -- OAU Chairman -- OAU Secretary-General -- OAU Special Representative in Chad -- OAU Peacekeeping Operations Committee -- OAU Force Commander -- NOTES -- Chapter 7 The 1981-1982 OAU Peacekeeping Force in Chad: A Military View -- INITIAL DEPLOYMENT -- MILITARY ORGANIZATION -- FUNDING AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT -- U.S. AID FOR ZAIRE: A CASE STUDY -- REDEPLOYMENT: PHASE 1 -- Zone 1 (Zone A) -- Zone 2 (Zone B) -- Zone 3 (Zone C) -- Zone 4 (Zone D) -- Zone 5 (Zone E) -- Zone 6 -- Zone 7 -- Zone 8 -- SECON IN MONGO: A CASE STUDY -- REDEPLOYMENT: PHASE 2 -- FINAL FAN OFFENSIVE AND WITHDRAWAL OF THE OAU FROM CHAD -- NOTES -- Chapter 8 Summary, Conclusions, and Impact on the Future of African Peacekeeping -- THE 1981-1982 OAU PEACEKEEPING OPERATION AS AN EXTENSION OF ; STATE FOREIGN POLICY -- Nigeria -- France -- United States -- Great Britain -- THE 1981-1982 OAU PEACEKEEPING OPERATION AND THE FOUR FACTORS OF SUCCESS -- Consent and Acceptance by the Belligerents -- Neutrality -- Peacekeepers -- GUNT and FAN -- Concurrent Peace Negotiations -- Clear Mandate -- IMPACT OF THE 1981-1982 OAU PEACEKEEPING OPERATION ON THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING -- NOTES -- Appendix 1 Chronology (1979-1982) -- Appendix 2 OAU Status of Forces Agreement -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.